Number of Articles: 314
176. Power Relations among Different Test Parties from the Perspective of Critical Language Assessment
Volume 31, Issue 4 , Winter 2013, , Pages 103-126
Abstract
Critical Language Assessment (CLA) argues that language testing is a form of social practice and an agent of cultural, social, educational as well as ideological agendas. As such this ... Read More
177. Teaching Reading Comprehension Strategies to Iranian EFL Pre-University Students
Volume 31, Issue 1 , Spring 2012, , Pages 107-139
Abstract
The present study investigated the potential of implementing reading strategy instruction in raising learner readers' awareness of reading strategies, extending the range of strategies ... Read More
178. Iranian EFL Teachers' Views on Measuring Reading Comprehension
Volume 30, Issue 2 , Summer 2011, , Pages 107-134
Abstract
Understanding the opinions of major role players in education (i.e. teachers, students, and policy makers) on all aspects of learning and teaching is influential to the success of the ... Read More
179. Cognitive Task Complexity and Iranian EFL Learners’ Written Linguistic Performance across Writing Proficiency Levels
Volume 33, Issue 2 , Summer 2014, , Pages 107-128
Abstract
Recently tasks, as the basic units of syllabi, and the cognitive complexity, as the criterion for sequencing them, have caught many second language researchers’ attention. This ... Read More
180. STANCE AND ENGAGEMENT DISCOURSE MARKERS IN JOURNAL’S “AUTHOR GUIDELINES”
Volume 34, Issue 3 , Autumn 2015, , Pages 109-140
Abstract
Over the past decade, there has been an increasing interest in the study of interactional metadiscourse markers in different contexts. However, not much research has been conducted ... Read More
181. Genre Analysis and Genre-mixing Across Various Realizations of Academic Book Introductions in Applied Linguistics
Volume 35, Issue 1 , Spring 2016, , Pages 111-138
Abstract
Motivated by the need to explore the introductory sections of textbooks, the present study attempted to scrutinize three realizations of academic introductions, namely, Preface, Introduction, ... Read More
182. An Assessment Scheme for ELT Performance: An Iranian Case of Farhangian University
Volume 36, Issue 1 , Spring 2017, , Pages 111-144
Abstract
Accountability concerns in language education call for the development of more valid and authentic measures of assessment. In light of these concerns, performance assessment has received ... Read More
183. Raising EFL Learners' Pragmatic Awareness of Intercultural Rhetoric in Writing
Volume 34, Issue 1 , Spring 2015, , Pages 115-143
Abstract
The purpose of the present study was to explore the effectiveness of raising Iranian learners’ pragmatic awareness of intercultural rhetoric in enhancing their L2 writing ability, ... Read More
184. IMPACT OF SYNCHRONOUS COMPUTER-MEDIATED COMMUNICATION ON EFL LEARNERS’ COLLABORATION: A QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS
Volume 34, Issue 4 , Winter 2016, , Pages 115-140
Abstract
For the last two decades, computers have entered people’s lives in an unprecedented manner in a way that almost everybody considers life without them rather impossible. In recent ... Read More
185. The Impact of Learning through Management System vs. Learning through Experience Platform on Exam Results of Digital Natives and Digital Immigrants
Volume 40, Issue 3 , Summer 2021, , Pages 117-158
Abstract
The upheaval time of COVID-19 highlighted the importance of an effective way of teaching English to the front-line healthcare workers such as medical doctors and researchers with different ... Read More
186. The Ordering Process of Narrative in James Joyce's A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
Volume 31, Issue 2 , Summer 2012, , Pages 119-133
Abstract
Regarding the literary historical debates, one of the main concerns of modern historiography is the way of representing the concept of reality within the framework of a coherent narrative, ... Read More
187. Built-In Learner Participation Potential of Locally- and Globally-Designed ELT Materials
Volume 35, Issue 3 , Autumn 2016, , Pages 119-156
Abstract
This study aims at empirically measuring a universal criterion for materials evaluation, i.e., learning opportunities, in a locally- and a globally-designed materials. Adopting the ... Read More
188. Sociological and Aesthetic Senses of Culture Represented in Global and Localized ELT Textbooks
Volume 36, Issue 3 , Autumn 2017, , Pages 119-143
Abstract
The relationship between language and culture has become a rich source of inquiry in the context of English language teaching. Learning materials can depict cultural content in different ... Read More
189. On Anthropomorphism in Technology-Enhanced Language Learning: Does Modality Matter in Agent-Based Multimedia Instruction on L2 Idioms?
Volume 35, Issue 2 , Summer 2016, , Pages 123-160
Abstract
The present study aimed to satisfy a twofold purpose: On the one hand, it sought to verify the postulation that agent-based instruction could offer a compromise approach to teaching ... Read More
190. The Impact of Sequence Map, Answering Question, and 3-2-1 Techniques on EFL Learners’ Summary Writing Ability
Volume 37, Issue 2 , Summer 2018, , Pages 125-167
Abstract
Considering the challenges inherent in learning and teaching of summary writing in EFL/ ESL settings, it is crucial to look into various instructional techniques thoroughly. This study ... Read More
191. THE IMPACT OF USING COMPUTER-AIDED ARGUMENT MAPPING (CAAM) ON THE IMPROVEMENT OF IRANIAN EFL LEARNERS’ WRITING SELF-REGULATION
Volume 34, Issue 2 , Summer 2015, , Pages 127-152
Abstract
The present study was conducted to investigate the impact of using computer-aided argument mapping (CAAM) on the improvement of Iranian learners’ writing self-regulation. To this ... Read More
192. From Academic to Journalistic Texts: A Qualitative Analysis of the Evaluative Language of Science
Volume 37, Issue 1 , Spring 2018, , Pages 127-158
Abstract
This study examined academic articles and journalistic reports in 5 disciplinary areas to explore how similar contents might attitudinally be realized in two different genres. To this ... Read More
193. The Development of Reading and Operation Span Tasks in Persian as Measures of Working Memory Capacity for Iranian EFL Learners
Volume 36, Issue 2 , Summer 2017, , Pages 129-162
Abstract
This paper presented two complex span tasks in Persian as measures of working memory capacity (WMC). Firstly, the construct of working memory (WM) and possible WM measures that could ... Read More
194. A Genre-Based Investigation of Inter/Intra-Lingual Relationships between Persian and English Academic Writings: Common Underlying Proficiency Oriented
Volume 38, Issue 2 , Summer 2019, , Pages 131-170
Abstract
Although L2 writing has attracted salient attention and monopolized many studies in EFL contexts, there is still no full image of its complicated nature. Trying to play a supplementary ... Read More
195. Can Scaffolding Mechanisms of Structuring and Problematizing Facilitate the Transfer of Genre-based Knowledge to Another Discourse Mode?
Volume 35, Issue 4 , Winter 2017, , Pages 133-156
Abstract
A pivotal issue in research on writing concerns whether the knowledge of how genres are constructed and learned in one discipline/genre can be transferred to other contexts, genres, ... Read More
196. On The Factor Structure (Invariance) of the PhD UEE Using Multigroup Structural Equation Modeling
Volume 36, Issue 4 , 2018, , Pages 141-170
Abstract
The aim of the current study was twofold: (1) to validate the internal structure of the general English (GE) section of the university entrance examination for Ph.D applicants into ... Read More
197. Exploring EFL Learners’ Use of Formulaic Sequences in Pragmatically Focused Role-play Tasks
Volume 37, Issue 4 , Winter 2019, , Pages 141-165
Abstract
Communicative language use largely entails regular patterns consisting of pre-constructed phrases or sequences. These sequences have been examined by many researchers to find the situation-based ... Read More
198. Developing EFL Learners' Oral Proficiency through Animation-based Instruction of English Formulaic Sequences
Volume 38, Issue 1 , Spring 2019, , Pages 157-190
Abstract
The current pretest-posttest quasi-experimental study attempts, firstly, to probe the effects of teaching formulaic sequences (FSs) on the second or foreign language (L2) learners' ... Read More
199. Trodden and Untrodden Paths: A Study of Cognitive Processes in Oral Responding and Questioning
Volume 38, Issue 3 , Autumn 2019, , Pages 159-187
Abstract
The present study was an attempt to provide a psycholinguistic account of cognitive processes underlying responding and questioning. It also strived to identify the potential differences ... Read More
200. Developing and Validating a Model for Exploring Iranian EFL Teachers’ Perception of Professional Development
Volume 37, Issue 3 , Autumn 2018, , Pages 169-210